Kurchi Hazra is an accomplished software engineering leader with extensive experience in search technology and product innovation. From June 2020 to August 2023, Kurchi served as Senior Director of Software Engineering and Head of Search at Pinterest, where the focus was on enhancing search quality through state-of-the-art models and advancements in AI, including generative AI and large language models. Previous roles include Engineering Manager at Quip (Salesforce), where various product improvements were led, and Senior Software Engineer at Google, involved in YouTube Ads Ranking and Quality. Kurchi has also held positions at Facebook as Engineering Manager/Staff Software Engineer, contributing to Typeahead Backend and keyword search functionalities, and at Oracle, where contributions were made to Java 8 client design. Kurchi holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology Durgapur.
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